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April 28, 2008

You've been a neglectful, cruel keeper of me. Don't tell me you didn't have time. There are many small and meaningful ways you could have kept me in the loop.

You could have shared photos of Cameron's knee socks, complete with yet another rant about the Sisu you claim to hate but keep going back to.

[and your commenters may be too kind to say it, but the pooling on these is fug.]

You could have shared the wee sweater you banged off in a frenzied afternoon when you realized you had a hair appointment and hadn't given your hairdresser a baby gift.

You could have bragged about the pretty STR socks (in Mist, lightweight) that you ignored me to finish.

But no. You had to work. You had to travel. You're totally cheating on me with Ravelry. You never stay up late with ME anymore.

You stay up with HER...

and tell me that she's important, because she's helping you to destash your sock scraps. But do people visit her from Google or Bloglines?

And would you really rather spend time with your spindle than with me? Really? I know you thought the Kureyon sock was crap, that you were disappointed that you (sock knitting legend in your own mind) couldn't make good on socks with it, despite multiple attempts. Really, the 2-ply you made with it was pretty good, and helped to balance its twist,

and the hat it yielded wasn't so bad.

But was it worth it?

And you Pomatomus obsession is getting weird, even for you.

But it looks awfully cute scaled down to kid size in Sockina Colori.

But I'm still mad at you. Even when I see those sumptuous Lace Ribbons, worked in a Fleece Artist mill end. Steph and Megan are right, this could be the Clapotis of 2008.

[I could forgive you, if you let me have her.]

NO! I'm MAD!

But that STR tube scarf, while in an odd colour combo, may just be the perfect winter scarf for your BFF's dad next winter. I sort of like it.

[Mudslide and Stormy Weather in a tube, with the colour change halfway so it's hidden at the back of the neck. Who'da thunk it?]

In closing, I think you can do better for the both of us. And your persistent backdating of posts isn't fooling anyone.

I'm told that the sleeve method I've yoinked from cyberspace can be found in the Barbara Walker book Knitting from the Top and is called the Seamless Set-in Sleeve. Thanks to Becca for clarifying that for me.

And, just in time, Knitpicks has gone and expanded the colour selection in Cotlin to include some softer shades. I may just need another one for next winter. Somebody stop me!

[As if you could.]

* if you're wondering what the heck a Juno is, it's like a Grammy, but more apologetic. And it says aboot.]

April 04, 2008

I started blogging around the time a very dear friend was preparing for her wedding. In fact, I believe one of my first blogged projects was her wedding shawl.

Time has a way of passing.

My sweet married couple friends will welcome their first child by month's end.

When my March selection from the Rockin Sock Club arrived, I fell in instant love with the colourway, Lucky.

I loved the accompanying Leafling sock pattern, but the combination of the pattern and the medium weight STR just wasn't doing it for me. So I did what I'd done with my last skein of mediumweight yarn - a baby raglan!

All this one needs is some four-leaf clover buttons, and it will be fit for a lucky baby... lucky to have chosen such wonderful parents!

And with the leftovers, a wee cap with the whale-tail Azure pattern and a tied i-cord top. (Are your teeth aching yet?)